Cloning History

: Human cloning -- a controversy

When the personalities of two individuals seem impeccably compatible, people often say in jest that they are “made from the same mold.” With the recent scientific breakthroughs and the technology that make them possible, this abstract cliché is becoming more plausible. The fast growing pace of scientific discoveries, such as human cloning, forces our society to finally open its eyes and accept the new and astonishing possibilities. Human cloning not only advanced rapidly throughout the past couple of years but also has raised many controversies due to its benefits and also disadvantages.
Cloning is not an innovative idea; in fact, it is almost if not even older than agriculture- one of man’s earliest and most successful means of survival. Cloning has been going on in the natural world for thousands of years. For example, if or whenever a gardener takes a cutting from one plant and places it in a medium (such as water), it will grow again – ...